Update

You might have noticed it's been awhile since I've posted. I was knocked out by a stomach flu-ish variety pack sickness for almost 5 days, and now Lily has it. So, its been lots of fun around here!

Anyways, I wanted to give you some quick updates on how we are all doing:

Lily has learned how to pick her nose, obviously. Maybe not so much pick as insert her finger. It's been hard to see her feeling bad these past few days. This is her first real illness. She has recently added the word "no" to her vocabulary and uses it often...too often. The nice thing is, she can answer yes or no questions easily! She uses signing for yes, and adamantly says "no!" more often than not. Sleeping at night is going well, but napping is very irregular. One of my favorite things that she does right now is compare pictures of things in her books to her life. For example, she'll see a picture of a lamp in a book and say "I have a lamp!" (which does not sound that clear, of course) and point to where the lamp is. The same with many, many objects: fish, chairs, baby dolls, flowers, toys, etc.

Jeremy is still excelling in his internship at our local middle school, while finishing up his masters at Milligan. He is not as fond of middle schoolers as high schoolers, he has learned. It's nice to know! He is in the thick of the tedious process of looking, applying for, and pursuing teaching jobs (HS English) in this area - there just isn't a whole lot available with two colleges feeding teachers into the local school systems! We are really hoping and praying to stay here in this place that we love and that is our home. And, I have to brag a little bit, Jeremy has a 4.0 so far in this program and always gets excellent evaluations!

Casey is still staying at home with Lily and LOVES it. I feel so fortunate to be able to do this. In the past year, I have started to cook less with processed foods and more from scratch and tried to cut back our household expenses to the minimum, and I am proud to say that I have improved in the kitchen. I am also serving as the Assistant Women's Soccer coach at Milligan for the spring and I LOVE this too. It's nice to be a part of something I really just get. It's just for a couple months, but right now it's a blast. I am looking forward to planting flowers soon and starting our vegetable garden!!

More posts coming soon!